His Lover’s Beauty: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 Analysis
Words: 681 Pages: 2 6843In Shakespeare’s era, poetry was his talent, a genius many would say, but his love poems were his true masterpieces. Shakespeare’s love poetry tended more towards a male audience than a female one, primarily because love poetry was created and read mostly by other male poets. Men would write love poetry about their lovers to boast about their lover’s appearance. In Sonnet 18, Shakespeare challenges death and other factors to assert that his lover’s youthfulness will never fade. Sonnet 18 […]